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98(47) Identification of the sea area around the Florida Keys as a particularly sensitive sea area
Geldigheid:08-03-2002 t/m Status: Geldig vandaag

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THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,

BEING AWARE of the ecological, social, economic, cultural, scientific and educational value of the sea areas around the Florida Keys, as well as the international shipping traffic and activities in the area,

NOTING that article 211(6) of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is further evidence of the will of States to co-operate in defining vulnerable marine areas requiring a higher level of protection than that which generally applies,

NOTING FURTHER that the Guidelines for Identification and Designation of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas adopted under resolution A.927(22) set out procedures for designation of particularly sensitive sea areas and for adoption of measures to be applied in such areas,

RECOGNIZING that the Sub-Committee on Navigation, at its forty-seventh session, agreed with several associated routeing measures for the waters around the Florida Keys for approval by the Maritime Safety Committee at its seventy-fifth session,

RECOGNIZING ALSO the intention of Member Governments to co-operate with the coastal State to determine measures to be applied in the proposed sea area as soon as possible,

HAVING CONSIDERED the proposal from the United States to designate the sea area around the Florida Keys as a particularly sensitive sea area,

HAVING AGREED that criteria for identification of a particularly sensitive sea area provided in resolution A.927(22) are fulfilled for the sea area around the Florida Keys,

IDENTIFIES the sea area around the Florida Keys as defined in the Annex to this resolution as a particularly sensitive sea area.

Annex 6 Proposed replacement text for the annex to the 1973 intervention protocol


List of Substances Subject to the 1973 Intervention Protocol in accordance with paragraph 2(a) of article I

1 Any of the following products are subject to the Intervention Protocol if they are either carried on board a ship as cargo or are residues of such products previously carried in bulk:

.1Oils as defined in Annex I to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, as amended, including those listed in Appendix I with the exception of crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil and lubricating oil which are covered by the 1969 Intervention Convention;

.2Noxious Liquid Substances carried in bulk as defined in Annex II to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, as amended, and identified as:
    .1 Pollution Category A or B, including those products identified, as such, in:

      .1 Chapters 17 of the International Bulk Chemical Code (IBC Code); or

      .2 Lists 1 to 4 of MEPC.2/Circulars, issued on an annual basis in December;
      .2 those products listed in the composite list of GESAMP Hazard Profiles, issued periodically as BLG Circulars, with either:

        .1 a '2' in column B and 'XX' in column E; or

        .2 'XXX' in column E; .3Harmful substances in packaged form as defined in Annex III to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, as amended, and which have been identified as Severe Marine Pollutants (PP) in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) or which meet the criteria for such as defined in the IMDG Code;

        .4 Radioactive materials, which are transported in type B or type C packages, or as fissile materials, or under special arrangements, as covered by the provisions of schedules 10 to 14 of class 7 of the IMDG Code;

        Annex Geographical description of the particularly sensitve sea aera around the florida keys


        In order to avoid the risk of pollution and damage to this unique, fragile, and pristine coral reef ecosystem, mariners should exercise extreme care when navigating in the area bounded by a line connecting the following geographical positions which is designated as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area:

        (Reference chart: United States 11013, 1998 edition. Note: This chart is based on North American 1983 Datum.)



        (31) From the point of 24º55'.00N 080º56'.00W, the boundary then follows the boundary of Everglades National Park in a southerly then northeasterly direction through Florida Bay and Buttonwood Sound. (The precise boundary coordinates for this area is going through a process for technical verification; however, international shipping is not likely to navigate in this area due to water depths.)
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